Polio Cases Surge Ahead of 1948 Totals in Several States
Polio cases rise sharply in states including New York Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin with about 8000 cases and 442 deaths reported for the year to July. New York City area reports the largest city case tally and state totals rise as health officials urge precautions to prevent August-September outbreaks.
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National Foundation For
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Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Texas
New York State
New York City
California
Oklahoma
Arkansas
North Carolina
Georgia
Official Attacks Polio Insurance Tactics
DeForest Mellon, treasurer of the Foundation's Cuyahoga County chapter, denounces polio insurance ads as a "price angle" that misleads the public. He notes the foundation covers treatment costs for all polio victims, funded by public donations, and asserts people should not buy insurance.
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Cleveland
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
DeForest Mellon
Cuyahoga County
Fight Seen On McGrath Senate Jobs Shakeup
Washington reports a Senate path opening as Attorney General Tom Clark nears the Supreme Court, with Senator J Howard McGrath set to join the Justice Department. McGrath resigns as Democratic national chairman, creating committee vacancies and a shift in leadership of the District of Columbia panel to Senator Neely.
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Tom Clark
Supreme Court
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Justice Department
Senate
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D-Miss
Kerr
D-Okla
Clark
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McGrath
Rhode Island
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Judiciary
District of Columbia
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Dwest Virginia
Woman Dies After Crash Near Zanesville
Mrs. Dorothea Sowers 29 of Coshocton Ohio died at Bethesda Hospital after a Route 76 crash north of Zanesville. The fatal auto accident occurred Monday with details limited to the hospital and location.
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Zanesville
Dorothea Sowers
Coshocton
Ohio
Bethesda Hospital
Jet Planes To Replace U S Craft in Germany
In Grafenwohr Germany the joint chiefs announced jet planes will replace standard American fighter aircraft in Germany. Army Gen Omar Bradley said troop levels would not be reduced. The leaders reviewed 17 000 troops as 25 Shooting Star jets and support aircraft flew over.
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Adm
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Denfeld
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Frankfurt
Truman
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Shooting Star
Pilot Describes Polio Letters To Aid Cure Effort
Navy lieutenant James Olin Chiles 25 wrote notes during polio illness hoping to help find a cure. He spoke with his wife Dorothy at Anacostia and Bethesda before dying at 9:20 the next morning. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
James Olin Chiles
Anacostia Naval Air Base
Bethesda Naval Hospital
U S Rejects Red Protest Over Italy Nato Membership
Washington reports the United States rejected a Russian protest against Italy joining the North Atlantic Defense Pact. Secretary Acheson called the charges utterly without foundation in a note to the Soviet embassy. The Soviet claim was that Italy violated its peace treaty by joining the 12 nation treaty last April.
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United States
Italy
Acheson
Russia
Vatican says Romania wipes out Christianity
Vatican radio charged that Romania's Communist regime is erasing Christianity in the country. It cited yesterday's decree abolishing Roman Catholic orders and called it a step toward total de Christianization and said Romania leads in the drive of de Christianization under Russian influence.
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Vatican Radio
Romania
Vatican
Russia
Plans Made To Study Ohio Water Pollution
Columbus announces a $125 000 federal grant to fund unlimited studies of water pollution in Ohio streams. The State Health Department unit is surveying the Miami River from source to mouth, a project begun July 1 and expected to run through year end.
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Columbus
Ohio
Special
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Miami River
Public Works Head Appointed by Lausche
Gov Frank J Lausche names Samuel O Linzel to lead state public works for a year Linzel 50 of Columbus formerly chief engineer and assistant director of the highway department Sowers predecessor 22 years service with the department Job pays 8600 a year
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Samuel O. Linzel
State Highway Department
George B. Sowers
Highway Department
Senate approves Ohio postmaster nominations
The Senate approved nominations for Ohio postmasterships listing Darrell L. West of Albany Charles C. Marcinko of Long Bottom and Lavada M Myers of Rio Grande.
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Washington
Senate
Ohio
Darrell L. West
Albany
Charles C. Marcinko
Long Bottom
Lavada Ab Myers
Rio Grande
Man Shoots Himself At Canteen Bar
In Niles at the Army Navy canteen, William D. Frye a 49 year old bachelor, slumped on the bar with a .38 caliber bullet hole in his temple. Coroner Michael D. Cristo ruled it a self inflicted death. The bartender tried to calm him saying take it easy. Frye formerly worked at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. and lived in Niles.
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Niles
Bill Klatt
Army- Navy
William D. Frye
Michael D. Cristo
Trumbull County
Frye
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Editors Added To State Payroll In Georgia
Gov. Herman Talmadge expanded the state payroll by adding seven editors and three former editors of weekly newspapers since taking office in November. The Atlanta Journal says ASNE prompted the inquiry and notes the union criticized Illinois hires.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Atlanta Journal
Journal
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Illinois
Hutchinson Nominated for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
The Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously approved Knox T. Hutchinson of Murphysboro Tennessee for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. The post has been vacant since Charles F Brannan was promoted to secretary awaiting full Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Knox T. Hutchinson
Murphysboro
Tenn
Charles F. Brannan
Senate
Extended Forecast for Columbus Temperatures Dip Then Warm
Temperatures average 3 to 4 degrees below normal with normal highs near 78 and lows about 58. Cooler Wednesday, continued cool Thursday and Friday, warming by Sunday. Precipitation around half an inch with scattered showers and thundershowers tonight east portion Wednesday and again Sunday.
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Columbus
Capital Tip Spurs Senate Investigations Twist
A Senate subcommittee probes postwar priorities on steel and cement amid a million-dollar influence inquiry. Informants allege John Maragon supplied a story about government officials and relatives receiving favors, prompting extensive checks and a potential new angle on consultants charging a 5 percent fee for government contracts.
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Washington
Senate
John Maragon
Meragon
House Votes Increase In Vets Pensions
The House voted to increase veterans pensions and disability payments by 112 million dollars annually. The bill, passed without opposition or debate, would raise disability compensation for all wars and broaden dependents’ allowances and rules for World War I veteran service connections.
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Washington
House
Senate
U S Official Freed By Former Employes
Shang hai report says Reuben Thomas a U S consulate administrative officer was released after 30 hours held inside the building by former U S Navy employees demanding severance pay and bonuses of six and a half months wages following the Navy withdrawal as Communists approached.
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Shanghai
Reuben Thomas
U.S
U.S. Navy
Thomas
Navy
Bob Hope Injured On Set In Barrel Backfire
Hollywood Paramount Studio reports Bob Hope injured after a fall from a saddle on a gag scene with a wooden barrel. He is hospitalized at Hollywood Presbyterian, with doctors saying he will be laid up for several days.
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Paramount Studio
Bob Hope
Hope
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Lucile Ball
Storage issue looms in 1950 farm vote as corn crop grows
Washington reports farm leaders foresee a record corn harvest if weather stays favorable. The storage shortage theme could hurt Democrats and help Republicans in 1950 elections, with Brannan and Truman under fire for storage delays. A bid for 50 million bushels is seen as small compared to potential surplus.
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Midwest
Truman
Republican 80Th Congress
Charles F. Brannan
Dewey
Dancer Saura Schmidt Named Cleveland Maintenance Suit Target
Toledo exotic dancer Patricia Saura Schmidt, 24, labeled in a Cleveland maintenance suit filed by Louise Salupo, 34, wife of Sebastian Salupo, who alleges the husband spent a weekend with Schmidt in Calumet City. Schmidt had earlier gained fame after Cuba prison release related to a yacht murder in Havana harbor.
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Patricia “Saura” Schmidt
Toledo
Louise Ann Salupo
Sebastian
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Calumet City
Schmidt
Guanabacoa Women's Prison
Cuba
John Mee
Chicago
Mee
Satira
Havana
Salupo
Former Butler Held In Woman's Shooting
Charlotte police say a 23 year old former butler Monroe Medlin admitted shooting 68 year old society matron Mrs Esley O Anderson Sr in her home. Mrs Anderson was found dead early yesterday in Charlotte North Carolina.
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Charlotte
N.C
Frank N. Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Monroe Medlin
Esley O. Anderson
Bosses Agree To Hearing As Workers End Strike
METUCHEN N J Ford Motor Co workers return to the Mercury assembly plant after management promised a hearing on six men suspended for heat complaints. About 1490 employees resumed work while 194 joined in sympathy before the talks.
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Metuchen
N. J
Ford Motor Co
Mercury Assembly
Ohio telephone workers resume talks after 96 day strike
Representatives of the Ohio Associated Telephone Co and the CIO Association of Telephone Workers began contract talks today the first since the union ended a 96 day strike on July 12.
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Marion
Ohio Associated Telephone Co
CIO Association of Telephone Workers
Roosevelts Daughter Divorces Phoenix Newsman
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger has obtained a divorce from newspaper man John Boettiger in Phoenix, ending their marriage announced Monday. The former couple, linked to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s family, filed terms with local courts and plan no further immediate statements.
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FDR
Phoenix, Ariz
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
John Boettiger
Rightwingers win 9 of 12 CIO-District Auto Council seats
Rightwing leaders captured nine of twelve seats on the CIO District Auto Council by narrow margins, shaping control of the body.
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Cleveland
Cio-District Auto Council
Senate seeks to free 5.6 billion foreign aid bill
Senate leaders grapple with a 5.647 billion foreign aid measure tied to a 30 billion dollar package. Senator Lakas vows to push the bill to the floor while McClellan signals a possible return to committee if a point of order challenges the amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Lakas
Appropriations Committee
Lucas
McClellan
D-Ark
Virginia Primaries Heat Up In gubernatorial race
In Richmond Virginia a record Democratic primary vote of more than 300000 was expected as the state holds a heated gubernatorial campaign. Republicans vote only in the lieutenant governor race and were expected to draw fewer voters to the polls.
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Richmond
Virginia
Renovation Planned for White House Project
Senator McKellar announced after a White House session that the building will be renovated rather than rebuilt. Congress approved 5.4 million dollars for the work.
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White House
Washington
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
Congress
Harriman Urges Prompt Senate Action On Arm Aid Program
W Avere Harriman urged Congress to approve the 1.4 billion arms aid program for Europe to deter war and reassure allied resolve. He said delaying shipments could boost neutralist voices and undermine peace efforts while Secretary Acheson and Defense Johnson urged rapid hearings and clear assurances on coordinated action. Former Secretary Marshall endorsed the plan in a casual Senate committee exchange.
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W. Avere
Harriman
Marshall Plan
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Secretary of State
Dean Acheson
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
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Moscow
Truman
Kep. Mansfield
D-Mont
Acheson
Defense
Johnson
George Marshall
Rep
Gordon
D-Ill
Kee
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Marshall
Army
Man Beats Girl and Fled After Shots Fired
In Cincinnati a 19 year old woman Erlene Brown of Milford was dragged from a bicycle and beaten by a 200 pound youth. A former Indian Hill ranger William Lux chased the assailant and fired two shots at the fleeing old automobile, believing he hit it both times.
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Erlene Brown
Milford
Indian Hill
William Lux
Entry Variation Slated In Messenger Bike Race Program
Messenger circulation manager Fred W. Weber announced a new entry variation to allow boys and girls ages 3 to 17 in the Messenger area to compete on race day by giving names and ages to judges at the track. Those already submitted remain qualified. The first race event begins 2 p.m. Thursday at Gallipolis High School track.
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Fred W. Weber
Weber
Messenger
Gallipolis
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